Brake for pleasure-railways.



T. MCCORMICK.

BRAKE FOR PLEASURE RAILWAYS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY a. ma.

1,137,342, Patented Apr. 27,- 1915.

WITNESSZJIS fil .7 zM W ZNVENTOR THE NORRIS PETERS co WASHINGTON, n. c.

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E TATES' r t THOMAS CCORMICK, or DETROIT, IoHieAmAssIGNoR To HIMSELEAND FREDERICK Oren mennsont, or person, IC IGAN.

= Be it known that I, THOMAS Detroit, in the county of -Wa vne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements, in Brakes for Pleasure-Railways, of Which the following is-a'specification.

a This invention relates to an improved brake for pleasure railways. Owing to the high speed of travel of the ears or other vehicles employed onpleasure railWays,'1t'1s imperativethat'efiicient and reliable means be provided to arrest the movement of the vehicle'in caseof accident,

- and also to diminish the speed of travel tion is to provide-a brake of simple construc 20.

of a car-or similar vehicle Without shock tov wvhen the car approaches the end of its trip.

One of the objects of the present invention which will quickly check the momentum the occupants.

. A further object and each car with complemental coacting brake-members and means for effecting an engagement of the said complemental parts.

. A further object is to provide improved actuating mechanism for the movable brake v member.

, forth and particularly pointed out in the a claims. a y i In the accompanying drawing :,Fi gure 1 is a transverse sectional view illustrating a The invention Willbehereinafter fullyiset;

track structure and a car thereon, provided withmy improved brake. Fig. 2 isga sideelevation illustrating the movable. brake member and its actuating mechanism. Fig. 3

is a diagrammatic view illustrating means for automatically operating myfimproved brake. a

Referring to the drawings, the cross ties 10- are supported upon'a suitable structure and in turn support the beams: 11 to which;

the rails 12 are secured in any suitableor preferred manner. The car13 may beofany preferred type and Will not be described in detail. To the floor 14, or at any other suitable point are secured castings 15 the under at 16, as clearly MoCoRMroK, i a citizen of the United State s,. residing at formed of a long arm 22 pivoted to a beam.

- 23 suspended from the cross ties 10, and a :short member 24 connecting the member 22 I is to provide the track BRAKE r03 PLEAsURn AILWAYs; v

Specification of Letters Patent. Igfl3 e n 13e l Apr, 2*? 1915. Application filedMay s, 1913. Seria1No.766,439

. concavedsurfacesldof the castings 15, said castings corresponding in number With said bars. Said bars normally rest upon the ties,

but are raisedbymeans of toggles each With the bar 20.; The long arms 22015 the toggles are connected at .their lower ends With blocks-25 ,vvhich' arein turn connected .by-an operating'member QSleading to any suitable point forconvenient manipulation. In order to provide for the free operation of the toggles, the long arms 22'thereof are supportedby, pivot bolts 27, and the short arm of each toggle is pivotally mounted between the upper-end of the arm 22 andthe corresponding end of a supplemental arm 22 pivoted at itsv lower endto the bolt 27. In

this manner the pivot bolts that connect the endsv of the toggles are supported at their ends and binding of the parts is prevented.

In practicewhen it is desired to arrest the movement of a car the operating member 26 is moved to the left as viewed in Fig. 2

Which-tends to straighten the toggles, endwvise movement ofthe bars 20 being prevented in suitable manner, As the car approaches the. location of the bars 20'the concaved faces of; the jcastings l5" engage the pipes or tubes 21, and themomentum of the pending uponthe distance that the operating member'26has been moved. It is obvious that 'a movement of'the operating member. 26 in.

the other "direction ill disengage the brake members.

.. -means, such as a Weight 30. Pivotally' supcar is more or less quicklydiminished, de- Y "In Fig.illustrated a:slight'modi- I ported between therailsadjacent the'bottom V of a dip in the railWay,is' an operating dog 31, connected by suitable operating :levers32 and links 33 With the member 26. If a car, after passing'doWn the incline should become stalled, the castings 15 thereon Will engage the Wedge-like end of dog 31, shifting the levers 32' and links 33 in.

such a manneras to overcome the power of .weight 30, causing the brake members 20,

21, to be elevated. Thus,'thetravel of the next car isimmediately arrested as soon as it reaches the brake, thereby providing an" eflicient safety appliance.

Having thus explained the nature of my invention and described anoperativemanner of constructing and using the same, although without attempting'to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or-all of the forms of its use, what I claim is of one member into and out of engagement with the groove of the other member.

" provided in one face with; a longitudinally 2.' A brakefor pleasure railways comprising a brake member carried by a car and disposed concaved recess, a second brake member located between the rails and provided in one face with a longitudinally disposed complemental tubular element adapted to enter said recess, and means'for raising and lowering saidlastmentioned brake member to bring said tubular element into and out ofengagement with the groove of the other member.

3. As an improvement in brakes for pleasure railways, the combination with cross ties and rails supported thereby, of a brake member normally resting upon said ties, a

supportingbeam suspended from said ties,

toggles supported by said beam and engag- 1 ing said brake member, and means for oper- 7 ating said toggles.

4. As an improvement in brakes for pleas- ,ure railways, the combination with cross ties and rails supported thereby, of a brake 7 member normally resting upon said ties, V supporting beams suspended from said ties,

long toggle members pivoted to said beams,

.short toggle members connecting said long togglemembers and said brake member, and

an operating memberconnectingvthe lower ends of said long toggle members.

5. As an improvement in braksforpleas. ure railways, the combination with cross ties V and rails supported thereby, of a: brake memberlnormally resting upon said ties, a

supporting beam suspended from said ties,

pivot pins carried by said beams, long toggle 1 V members supported by said pivot pins, supplemental toggle members also supported by said pivot pins, short toggle members con-v necting said long toggle members and said supplemental toggle members with said brake member, and means for moving all of said toggle members in unison. V

6. A brake for pleasure railwayscomprising a trackv brake member, means for rendering the same normally inoperative, a car brake member adapted to cooperate' with said track brake member, and an operating dog for said track brake member arranged to be operated by said car brake member.

7. A brake for pleasure railways comprising a track brake member, a weight for holding the same in normally inoperative position, a car brake member adapted to cooperate with said track brake member, and an operating dog for overcoming the power of said weight and arranged to be operated by said car brake member.

8. A brake for pleasure railways comprise ing a track brake member, means for rendering the same normally inoperative, a car brake member arranged to coeperate with said track brake member, an operating dog supportedata distant point from said track brake member and arranged to be operated by said car brake member, and connections v between said dog and I said track brake member.

9; The combination with an inclined track,

of a track brake member, means for render-- ing the same-normally inoperative, a car 1 brake member arranged to coeperate with said track brake member, an operating dog *pivotally supported at a point below the plane of said track brake member and arranged to coiiperate with said car bra-ke member, and connectionsbetween said dog and said track'brakemember.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand inpresence of two subscribing witnesses. V

V THOMAS MCCORMICK.

Witnesses: V WRA. SENIOR,

G. RQUAY.

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